New no. 3 for India? Rishabh Pant shines against Bangladesh in IND vs BAN T20 warm-up match; Rohit Sharma says THIS
cricket after 16 months, scored 53 off 32 balls before opting to get “retired out". He decided to leave the field by voluntarily ending his innings.Rohit Sharma’s remark in the post-match presentation opened up possibilities for Rishabh Pant. Sharma said that he was yet to come up with a final batting line-up for the World Cup.
Rohit said Pant had been asked to bat at number 3 "just to give him an opportunity".“We haven’t nailed the batting line-up yet; we wanted most guys to get a hit in the middle," he added.Shivam Dube could not impress much as he was out for 14 off 16 balls. On the other hand, Suryakumar Yadav was in his usual form and scored 31 off 18 balls. Rohit Sharma struggled to make 23 off 19 balls as he did not look to find his rhythm yet.Hardik Pandya was highly impressive with the bat.
Thanks to his 40 off 23 balls, India reached 182/5 in 20 overs. Bangladesh used as many as 8 bowlers in the match, and so did India. Both teams appeared to use the opportunity of a warm-up match to try their bowling strength.Dube, who did impress with the bat, claimed 2 wickets for 13 in 3 overs.
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